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from $5.00 / 1,000 question returneds

Stack Overflow & StackExchange Search

Search Stack Overflow and the StackExchange network for questions using the official StackExchange API v2.3. Extract questions with scores, answer counts, view counts, tags, and author details from nine popular Q&A communities.

Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 question returneds

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0.0

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Developer

Ryan Clinton

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Monthly active users

16 days ago

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You can access the Stack Overflow & StackExchange Search programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "query": "web scraping python",
10    "maxResults": 30,
11}
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("ryanclinton/stackexchange-search").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
18for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Stack Overflow & StackExchange Question Search API API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Stack Overflow & StackExchange Search API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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